Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.

Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.

What is man? Ally of God or simply his toy? His triumph or his fall?

I'm not a political person. I usually beware of political persons. I know many, but I'm not one of them. I have no political ambitions.

I say to myself, if the text was good enough for my father and grandfather, it must be good enough for me. I admit, that is a rather personal way of approaching the text - or a prayer.

What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.

The whole community must be saved [in Tibet].